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Dallas Opera selects new music director

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Arnold Wayne Jones

Just as their 2012-13 season comes to an end, this morning Dallas Opera general director Keith Czerny announced that a new music director has been selected — only the third in the company’s 56-year history. Emmanuel Villaume, a French-born conductor, … Continue reading →

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REVIEWS: Operatic ‘Turandot’ vs. balletic ‘To the Wonder’

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Arnold Wayne Jones

To the Wonder is something of a sequel, though one with less grand aspirations. Malick explores the nature of human relationship without direct reference to our place in the universe, though he does seem concerned with our relationship to God as well. Continue reading →

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Overtures: Notes on the classical scene

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Arnold Wayne Jones

Dallas Opera ends its season, Fort Worth Opera begins its season, and Bugs Bunny performs Wagner at Cowboys Stadium Continue reading →

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This week’s takeaways: Life+Style

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Arnold Wayne Jones

Joan Rivers, Grupo Corpo, Dallas Opera, Out of the Loop for theater queens, DFW Auto Show and TBRU for the butches out there Continue reading →

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Overtures: Notes on the classical scene

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Arnold Wayne Jones

Gay legend Van Cliburn dies, gay baritone Jonathan Beyer prepares for Turandot at the Winspear and more classical news Continue reading →

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Dallas Opera announces 4-show season

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Arnold Wayne Jones

Entitled Love Transformed, the season is made up of two familiar works, and two less well-known. It begins with Bizet’s Carmen, kicking off the season (as usual) on October. That classic will be followed in February 2014 with American composer Tod Machover’s Death and the Powers, then Erich Korngold’s Die Tote Stadt and Rossini’s The Barber of Seville in repertory in March and April. Continue reading →

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This week’s takeaways: Life+Style

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Arnold Wayne Jones

Lily Tomlin, Uptown Players and Turtle Creek Chorale team for Ragtime, and a free opera! Continue reading →

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Overtures: Our classical music calendar

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Arnold Wayne Jones

Now that the holiday concerts are behind us, the classical season returns in full in February — and none too soon. Our classica music expert, Gregory Sullivan Isaacs, offers these notes on what to look for in February, including Joshua Bell, Mahler’s Sixth and an opera with Julia Child Continue reading →

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Best Bets • 02.17.12

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Kevin Thomas

Friday 02.17 Time to get funked up While the late Whitney Houston recharged one of Chaka Khan’s biggest hits, there’s no denying the funk queen’s own style. Khan comes to Dallas for a night of some legendary R&B with The … Continue reading →

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Dallas Opera announces abbreviated 2012-13 season, another world premiere from Heggie

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Arnold Wayne Jones

Last year, in a major cost-cutting initiative, the Dallas Opera trimmed its season from the planned five full-production operas (plus a chamber piece) down to four, one of which was scaled back to a concert version. The upcoming season looks … Continue reading →

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